http://www.metalhistory.com/news Official blog of Banger Films Inc. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:21:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-live-in-cleveland-trailer/2011/10/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-live-in-cleveland-trailer/2011/10/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:57:52 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=542 ..Update.. Let us know what you thought of the film in the comments below: Hey folks. Sorry about the radio silence recently. HQ has been ‘hellbent for leather’ pounding through some intense footage spanning Maiden, Motorhead, Rush and then on top of that completing the Episodes for Metal Evolution!! I’ll try to summarize what’s going [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-live-in-cleveland-trailer/2011/10/feed/ 7 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-filming-rush-in-cleveland/2011/04/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-filming-rush-in-cleveland/2011/04/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:23:59 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=503 The show is underway in Cleveland Ohio and the crew has spent all day setting up multiple cameras to capture this historic concert on Rush’s 2011 Time Machine tour. In 1974 Donna Halper, at that time the Music Director at WMMS Cleveland spun Rush to American listeners for the first time… The rest is history [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-filming-rush-in-cleveland/2011/04/feed/ 14 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-one-film-2-award-nominations-amazing-year-so-far/2011/02/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-one-film-2-award-nominations-amazing-year-so-far/2011/02/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:56:03 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=470 Official Press Release from Banger Films Headquarters. Originally released for Feb 3, 2011. A 2011 Juno Nomination for best Music Video of the year follows 2011 Grammy Nomination, both for Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage, Kicks off a Stellar Year for Banger Film Directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn Toronto. February 3, 2011. Banger Films [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-one-film-2-award-nominations-amazing-year-so-far/2011/02/feed/ 1 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-gets-juno-nod/2011/02/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-gets-juno-nod/2011/02/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:17:14 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=454 Today is starting out with fantastic news as Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage has been nominated for a 2011 Juno Award under the Best Music DVD category! As many of you will remember, Banger Films took this same award last year for the work on Iron Maiden: Flight 666 which marked a new movement in [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-gets-juno-nod/2011/02/feed/ 1 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/vancouver-date-added-officially-to-rush-time-machine-tour/2011/01/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/vancouver-date-added-officially-to-rush-time-machine-tour/2011/01/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:25:02 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=449 Well, there you have it. Rush WILL slide through Vancouver on June 30. A collective ‘Yay‘, can be heard across Western Canada with this announcement. This after weeks of speculation and a definite indication of a Vancouver show as we eluded to in the ‘Bakers Dozen’ tour piece with only 12 dates officially announced. Those [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/vancouver-date-added-officially-to-rush-time-machine-tour/2011/01/feed/ 1 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-time-machine-tour-second-leg-a-bakers-dozen/2011/01/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-time-machine-tour-second-leg-a-bakers-dozen/2011/01/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:23:19 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=414 Yep, the latest batch of dates have been spreading around the web today. 12 new dates have been added to a Spring tour immediately following the early Spring romp through Europe. Oh! But wait! Canadian West Coasters may have noticed the “Itinerary subject to change. Vancouver date to be announced!” (WOW, so that makes a [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-time-machine-tour-second-leg-a-bakers-dozen/2011/01/feed/ 4 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/take-off-to-the-great-white-north-rush-justin-and-drake/2010/12/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/take-off-to-the-great-white-north-rush-justin-and-drake/2010/12/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:42:12 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=401 It’s a beauty way to go. Alright, enough of that. There’s been a lot of press recently regarding the current musical prowess of several of our more famous ‘hosers’. Namely a young fellow named Justin, a less younger fellow named Drake and three geezers named Rush. Much of this press is illuminating the fact that [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/take-off-to-the-great-white-north-rush-justin-and-drake/2010/12/feed/ 2 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-crazy-cheap-promo/2010/12/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-crazy-cheap-promo/2010/12/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:28:54 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=387 As part of a “Hey! We’re nominated for a Grammy Award” promo, the documentary is available for 10 -12 bucks for the DVD and Blu-ray respectively. Let’s remind the Grammy committee that this is the greatest music documentary of 2010! Hit up the links below to send your friends and family a killer gift and [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-crazy-cheap-promo/2010/12/feed/ 0 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-nominated-for-grammy-award/2010/12/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-nominated-for-grammy-award/2010/12/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:33:36 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=374 Ya! Crazy! The film affectionately referred to as The Rush Doc has been noticed by the Grammy committee and may just take home one of the biggest awards in the business. Today the Grammy Nominees found out who they were with a list of 109  unique music categories. Beyond the Lighted Stage was nominated in [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-nominated-for-grammy-award/2010/12/feed/ 4 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/essay-is-rush/2010/09/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/essay-is-rush/2010/09/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:47:10 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=348 “finally posted” There are but two things that can get me to my hometown…Christmas presents and a movie about RUSH. Last night wasn’t Christmas, so you can connect the dots as to why I was in town. I suspect that today’s topic warrants its very own full-length blog/essay/rant, but there’s just not enough time in [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/essay-is-rush/2010/09/feed/ 2